In the News: PDC MOCA Houses Rodarte's Mulleavy Sisters' Present First Solo Show

Kate and Laura Mulleavy's "Rodarte: States of Matter" at the MOCA Pacific Design Center hasn't left California, but it has hit the New York Times. The exhibit will be on view at the MOCA PDC through June 5 presenting the sisters’ recent work in fashion and costume design.

"Rodarte: States of Matter" spans two floors at MOCA and includes original ballet costumes from the feature film Black Swan. Installed as a series of interrelated conceptual vignettes, the exhibit portrays garments as charged sculptural objects.

“The idea was, how do you create a show at a place like the MOCA when you have only been in business six years,” Laura Mulleavy told the New York Times. “You can’t do a retrospective or something too large, so then it needs to be something like a case study.”

The Mulleavy's fashion show producer Alexandre de Betak worked with MOCA Associate Curator Rebecca Morse to design the two-floor installation. According to the New York Times, MOCA's space was the perfect venue for the collection, which wouldn't make it to runway or film, but required an intimate, up-close view in order to see the intricacies of the designers' work.

If you're unable to get to MOCA PDC before the exhibit ends June 5, you can pick up the Mulleavy's book Rodarte: Photographs by Catherine Opie and Alec Soth, which is scheduled for upcoming release.